ROCHESTER, NY — Nine RIT men’s hockey players earned 2015-16 Atlantic Hockey Conference All-Academic team honors on Thursday, June 23. Out of the nine players selected, three are repeat honorees, including Alexander Kuqali (Pittsburgh, PA/Sioux City Musketeers) and Dan Schuler (Webster, NY/Powell River Kings), who were both honored for the fourth time.
In its 13th year of existence, Atlantic Hockey has continued its high standard in the classroom for student-athletes, as a record 209 earned a spot on the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team. Six AHC student-athletes recorded a 4.0 GPA in 2014-15.
To qualify for the Atlantic Hockey All-Academic Team an individual must post a 3.0 grade point average or higher in all of the academic periods during which his team was actively competing.
2015-16 RIT All-Academic Honorees:
Erik Brown (Keene, Ontario/Kemptville 73’s)
$ – Alexander Kuqali (Pittsburgh, PA/Sioux City Musketeers)
Mark Logan (Calgary, Alberta/Brooks Bandits )
Brady Norrish (Strongfield, Saskatchewan/Yorkton Terriers)
Alex Perron-Fontaine (St. Mathieu de Beloeil, Quebec/Chilliwack Chiefs)
Myles Powell (Courtenay, British Columbia/Cowichan Valley Capitals)
$ – Dan Schuler (Webster, NY/Powell River Kings)
Christian Short (Vaughan, Ontario/Surrey Eagles)
^ – Todd Skirving (Thunder Bay, Ontario/Sioux Falls Stampede)
^ – Two-time honoree
@ – Three-time honoree
$ – Four time honoree
